ThiefHott Too much of everything

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

eryui While I liked some moving and sweet moments, being a father myself, I didn't like too much this movie for a few reasons.The first it's that the "bad" father looks like a little plausible one, brought to force the film to be a moving one and to accentuate the conflict.The second, even more important, is that the reason of the main issue, as is as it was shown, looks very improbable.Anyway, there is not need of a great culture or intelligence to understand that the sons are own by whoever grown them. The blood issue is secondary in such cases. Sure the movie lets you think for a moment about natural son versus adopted one, but the choice, in this particular case, however hard, it is naturally obligated. Both the sons were not babies anymore. Too late. The easiest solution should be, of course and obviously, the one it was going to be at the end of the movie. An hard but simple solution that every movie character understood from the start, but, casually, not the "bad" father.The film is somehow sweet, thanks to the children, and it shows a rare dilemma that could be hard to digest, but that's it all. There is not much more in here, apart how important is for a son to be supported and spend time with his father, whoever he is. Who didn't know this yet?7/10

Matt Miller Ryota is a successful business person who has a wife and a child. He tries to educate his son in order to make him so intelligence person like Ryota. However, his son does not do anything Ryota gets him to do, therefore, gradually Ryota comes to doubt that the his son is not really his child. DNA analysis discover the fact that the child is not Ryota's real son. In fact, this accident is caused by the hospital where his wife gave birth to his son. They meet the family which has a real child. Both of the couples consult about the resolution, that is, whether they trade their children or they keep the present situation and continue to bring up their not-real child. Ryota manages to deal with this problem with some people, and finally he makes up his mind.To be brief, this film is masterpiece because this has a message to us, "Which do you choose, if your child does not have a blood tie?" This is so difficult question that the film shows one of the answers. Ryota's worries, opinions and conflicts with people around him. Finally he decides his answer and speaks to his not-real son; this scene is so touching and the message gives us an idea.I like this movie and I recommend you to watch it.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) Being from Germany, I always found it fascinating to watch films about foreign cultures, especially Asian. However, here I have to say that "Soshite chichi ni naru" or "Like Father, Like Son" is not too much in terms of that. It is not a major plot point. It is much more of a family drama that could also play in many other areas of the world, the United States for example. The only really really relevant reference in terms of symbolisms, was when the female main character's mother asked her daughter if what happened is maybe fate and briefly elaborates on that. The story can be summarized quickly. Two couples (who could hardly be any more different, especially the men in terms of profession and education and who is in charge in their relationships) find out that their sons were swapped at the hospital when they were born.The writer and director is Hirokazu Koreeda, a regular at Cannes in the last fifteen years and a first-time winner for this movie in 2013. All 4 central actors give good performances and it brought them wins and nominations at the Japanese Film awards.I would like to elaborate on some scenes that I found the most significant ones:One would be when the woman tells the boy who she now knows that he is not her real son that they should maybe go away together and leave their husband/"father". This proves that the marriage between the two was far from perfect, possibly because of the man's profession and lack of time for his family.Another scene is when the central male character shows his actual son how to eat with sticks. It is one of those moments where we already see how he is trying to make a connection and that he will have much less trouble than his wife to give up on his former son.Then, of course, the ending. We see the male lead actor again, this time, how he bonds with his original son and this makes obvious that this film is not really about the swapping. The swapping and all the problems that arise from it are just the method. It is much more about an unlucky coincidence (aforementioned method) that marks the path of the lead character in order to finally manage to truly make a connection with his son.Is blood more important than all the years they spent together? Well.. the ending is open and we won't find a definite solution about who keeps which child. I like that choice from the director.Finally, I would like to say that, even if I liked the way the film ended, I would have possible ended it with the photo shoot together. Seemed like a perfect moment for the ending credits to roll in. The soundtrack here is very subtle and almost non-existent as it is often the case in Japanese films. All in all, I can recommend watching this.

milky2 This story is draw difference in way life of the parent of 2 families than a story called the tragedy of 2 families, and Fukuyama is agonized and draws the process that gradually becomes father.The growth through various matters to be generated by having misunderstood a child of father whom Fukuyama plays.The sound of a feeling of air, camera work, the piano which floated was all my preference.The performance of the child's part was good, too.But both families who took a child wrong are relative expression.I was made to think about relative happiness.I think the happiness to be one's at will and think that it is each person. However, I have thought a little.It was serene, and there was a feeling of gentle air, and it was good that there were the words to sound in a heart.